DAUNHAUER v. DAUNHAUER, ___S.W.3d___ (Ky. App. 2009) PUBLISHED: REVERSING ACREE PRESIDING; NICKELL AND SENIOR JUDGE KNOPF CONCURCOUNTY:JEFFERSONRead More

Castle v. Castle, –S.W.3d—(Ky. App. 2008), 2007-CA-001238-MRRead More

New York Divorce Report directs us to posts about recent decisions in Virginia, Oregon and California.Read More

Marcia Oddi at Indiana Law Blog has been doing my work for me while I was on vacation with her post here quoting from the L.A. Times about a recent decision holding that unlike remarriage, a registered domestic partnership does not terminate alimony. State marriage laws say that alimony ends when the former spouse remarries,...Read More

BLOCK V. BLOCK___SW3d___(Ky.App. 2007) FAMILY LAW: MAINTENANCE MODIFICATION (CO-HABITATION FACTORS) 2005-CA-000666 TO BE PUBLISHED: VACATING AND REMANDING (MOORE) DATE RENDERED: 5/4/2007Read More

Here’s an outline I presented at two consecutive LBA/AAML seminars:Read More

Note: This “to be published” case is not final; a motion for discretionary review has been filed: Massey v. Massey, __ S.W.3d __ (Ky. App. 2006), 2006 WL 2517525 (Ky. App. Issues and Holdings: 1) Whether a maintenance order that is subject to modification is an open-ended award rather than lump sum. The Court held...Read More

Rayborn v. Rayborn, 185 S.W.3d 641 (Ky. 2006) Issue and Holding:Read More

Rayborn v. Rayborn, 185 SW3d 641, (Ky., 2006) The actual distribution of remaining marital property and sale thereof did not result in the sort of substantial change in circumstances that could render a maintenance obligation nconscionable. Even if the initial divorce decree was done incorrectly and without adequate findings, the remedy is a direct appeal...Read More